The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.